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Bar  and   Bench 27 June 2026
A United States (US) federal court has declined to immediately grant the Department of Justice's (DoJ) request to drop criminal charges against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani, and six others in connection with an alleged bribery case involving approximately US$250 million (mn). The court found that...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 June 2026
At least 32 people have been killed and more than 700 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela on Wednesday evening, triggering widespread destruction, collapsing buildings and prompting the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency. According to Venezuelan...

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Moneylife Digital Team 25 June 2026
A United Nations (UN) independent commission of inquiry has accused Israeli authorities and security forces of deliberately targeting Palestinian children, alleging conduct that it says amounts to genocide in Gaza and war crimes in the occupied West Bank.   The findings are contained in a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 June 2026
The US and Iran have signed an interim peace agreement aimed at ending nearly four months of conflict, reopening the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz and launching negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme. The development has drawn both praise and criticism from political leaders,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 June 2026
Central banks across the world are expected to continue increasing their gold holdings over the coming years as geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty and a gradual shift away from the US dollar drive reserve diversification strategies, reveals the latest survey by the World Gold Council...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 June 2026
In a significant setback for Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, a US federal court has struck down the controversial US$100,000 fee imposed on new H-1B visa petitions, ruling that the measure amounted to an unlawful tax imposed without congressional approval.   US district judge Leo T Sorokin...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 June 2026
The US trade representative (USTR) has proposed imposing additional duties of up to 12.5% on imports from India and dozens of other economies after concluding that they have failed to adequately prohibit or enforce restrictions on goods produced using forced labour.   The move comes even as...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 03 June 2026
On 22 February 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu announced the Hexagon of Alliances, comprising a framework centred around India, UAE, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco and unnamed Arab, African and Asian states. The Hexagon was positioned as counter to a “radical Shia axis” and an “emerging radical Sunni axis.”...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 03 June 2026
On 22 February 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu announced the Hexagon of Alliances, comprising a framework centred around India, UAE, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco and unnamed Arab, African and Asian states. The Hexagon was positioned as counter to a “radical Shia axis” and an “emerging radical Sunni axis.”...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 May 2026
The administration of Donald Trump has come under sharp criticism after the US department of justice (DoJ) issued a directive permanently barring tax authorities from pursuing audits or tax claims against the president, his family and his businesses.   The move emerged through a one-page...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 May 2026
US president Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a high-profile state visit and summit with Chinese president Xi Jinping, amid mounting global tensions over the Iran conflict, trade disputes, artificial intelligence and Indo-Pacific security.   Wheels down in Beijing! President...

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Safi Ahsan Rizvi 27 April 2026
Russia has weathered some of the most extensive sanctions ever imposed on a G20 economy, sustaining its war effort and macroeconomic stability while rewiring external relationships. Firm-level data show that large companies stockpiled inputs and strengthened their balance sheets ahead of the...

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Markets often behave as though they have already read next week’s headlines. In some cases, they do, when prices mysteriously rise or fall before actual events. So, is the current rally telegraphing a durable peace plan in the Middle East, boosted by US president Donald Trump’s incoherent and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 April 2026
Updated at 10.12am on 24 April 2026 to include comment from MEA... US President Donald Trump has triggered controversy after amplifying remarks on social media that referred to India and other countries in derogatory terms while criticising the US’ birthright citizenship policy.   In a post...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 April 2026
US president Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran, citing a request from Pakistan and the need to give Tehran time to present a unified peace proposal, even as negotiations remain stalled and tensions persist.   The announcement came just hours before the two-week...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 April 2026
Nepal’s home minister Sudan Gurung resigned on Wednesday following mounting controversy over his alleged financial links to businesses associated with individuals under investigation for money laundering, marking the second high-profile exit from the country’s new Cabinet within a month.   Mr...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2026
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the escalating conflict involving the United States (US), Iran and Israel suffered a significant setback on 12 April 2026, as high-level negotiations held in Islamabad concluded after approximately 21 hours without producing a ceasefire agreement. US vice-president...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2026
Nepal has entered a phase of rapid political and administrative transformation following the appointment of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s Balendra Shah, who, as the new prime minister (PM), has launched an aggressive reform agenda within days of taking office, targeting governance,...

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KBS Sidhu 09 April 2026
The Mistake That Should Have Been Made   In our previous dispatch, we established that The New York Times does not know what NATO stands for. We shall not linger on that point — except to observe, in passing, that if a mistake was to be made at all, the Times might have done better to make a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
Global markets surged and crude oil prices plunged after US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, halting a potential war at the last minute, with Indian equities leading gains as benchmark indices jumped over 3% and oil prices tumbled sharply on easing supply concerns.   The breakthrough,...

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